Dear Listeners,
This edition of the AFRICA Show showcased the African Artistes who rose to stardom from very humble beginnings as a result, taking Afrobeats and African Music in general all around the world, even to the most remote places.
‘Wizkid at Sold Out Royal Albert Hall………………..Stonebwoy and Sarkodie…………………….Packed Afrobeats Concert in London……………Tiwa Savage………’
With very popular songs on Spotify, ITunes and YouTube with view counts often exceeding the 30 million mark on some songs, the profile of African Artistes like Mr Eazi, Davido, Sarkodie , Shatta Wale and Yemi Alade (to name a few) has definitely risen, exporting the vast Afrobeats landscape to a global audience never before seen in the history of African Music.
Many say the Nigerian and Ghanaian music industries, are the facilitators of this proliferation of African sounds around the world. However, this is only partially true as Artistes from DR Congo and Tanzania like Fally Ipupa and Diamond Platinumz respectively have made an immense contribution to this new dawn for African Music. The rise of alternative media and seeming liberalisation of the Music Industry has allowed these formerly unknown musical artistes to ture into world famous stars taking Afrobeats to the world. Most of them first relesased songs on ITunes and YouTube where the absence of a label isn’t necessarily a set back allowing them to gain an audience and spread the sound.
For years, African music has had amazing hiplife, highlife amd Naijabeats for example, but this Afrobeats sound is different, it’s intertwined with things like hip-hop and funky house, and there’s more of a young feel to it. These ‘funky party sounds’ emanating from Africa are providing an injection of new energy into UK urban and US hip-hop making the desire for them insatiable especially in the West.
With the rise of more Afrobeats Stars like DJ Cuppy and Dotman means the future is definitely bright for the Africa music scene.
Kindly find ‘attached’ the playlist and tune in every Tuesday from 12 00 pm to 02 00 pm (Eastern Standard Time) for great African Music.
Best regards,
DJ Daniel (the Afrobeats Aficionado)
| Title | Artiste | Album |
| Marry You | Diamond Platinumz ft Neyo | A Boy From Tandale |
| Problem | Reekado Banks | SPOTLIGHT |
| Cameleon | Maitre Gims | Cameleon |
| Pooley- Swag | Guru | Single |
| Banana | Wisa Greid | Banana |
| Shatta City | Shatta Wale | Up a Road |
| AKWAABA | Guily Beats ft. Mr Eazi, Pappy Kojo and Pataapa | AKWAABA |
| Bubble Bup | Cynthia Morgan ft. Stonebwoy | Single |
| Eggplant Afrobeat | DJ Flex ft. A Star and Edouble | Single |
| Tout Donner | Maitre Gims | Cameleon |
| Khona | Mafikizolo | Reunited |
| The Sound | Davido | The Baddest |
| Personally | Psquare | Double Trouble |
| Chocolat | Lartiste ft. Awa Imani | Clandestino |
| All Over | Yemi Alade | All Over |
| Sample You | Mr Eazi | Single |
| Gringo | Shatta Wale | Gringo |
| Sponsor | Ebony | Bonyfied |
| In the Morning | Mr Eazi ft. Big Lean | Accra to Lagos |
| Chemistry | Falz ft. Simi | Chemistry |
| My Love | Wale ft. Major Lazer, Wizkidand Dua Lipa | SHINE |
| Falling Again | Stonebwoy ft. Kojo Funds | Falling Again |
| Natural Girl | MzVee | Re-Vee-Lation |
| Na Wash | Becca ft. Patoranking | Unveiling |
| Kukere | Iyanya | Single |
| Odo Carpenter | Bisa Kdei | Thanks Giving |
| Antenna | Fuse ODG | Single |
| Get Up | Sarz ft. DJ Tunez, Flash | Get Up |
| Skelewu | Davido | Best of Davido |